Dutch metal

(thing) by EverybodysCyclopedia (8.7 mon) Sun Aug 04 2002 at 4:01:00

Dutch Metal, sometimes called Dutch gold or Dutch leaf, an alloy of copper and zinc; a kind of brass containing a large percentage of copper.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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